Course and Module Catalogue

• Year Tutors are available to provide guidance on academic progress.
• Module Tutors are available to help with academic problems specific to the modules they deliver.
• Supporting documentation is provided in the form of student handbooks, module handbooks, programme specifications and module specifications.
• The Virtual-Learning Environment, Brightspace, is used to support all modules and year groups.
• Lecture Capture is available for a large number of taught classes to aid student learning.

The recruitment and admissions process endeavours to ensure a good match between the abilities and aptitudes of the applicants and the demands of the programme. The aim is to facilitate widening participation whilst ensuring that students can reasonably expect to succeed on their chosen course.

Indicative admissions requirements are: A-level BBB or DMM in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma for BSc courses and A-level AAB or DDD in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma for integrated masters courses. Since these may be subject to change, definitive admissions requirements, including UCAS points equivalence, will be as given on the University web site (https://courses.hud.ac.uk/).

Candidates with non-standard qualifications and/or experience will be considered on a case-by-case basis.  For candidates with supplementary qualifications and/or experience it may be possible to take this into account and offer these candidates exemption from specific modules, or entry onto a later year of the course.

The overriding consideration in admitting a student to any of these courses is evidence that the student is likely to be able to complete the course satisfactorily.

Quality and Standards

• The University’s Teaching and Learning Committee has ultimate responsibility for quality and standards of teaching and learning in the University.
• The School Board, via the School Teaching and Learning Committee has responsibility for implementing University policy through School-defined procedures.
• Periodic School and subject reviews take place on a rolling quinquennial programme and focus inter alia on the arrangements for quality management and enhancement, teaching, learning and assessment, C&IT strategies, the articulation and assurances of standards, external examiner reports and evaluation and links with professional bodies, employers and other external organisations.

Monitoring, Development and Evaluation

The Course Committee is responsible for the monitoring and development of the course or programme, taking account of feedback from staff, students and external examiners. Feedback is sought as follows:

• From students through annual course and module evaluation questionnaires, termly Student Panel meetings, input from student members of the Course Committee and the National Student Survey.
• From external examiners through annual reports, course assessment board minutes, assessment moderation reports and informal communication during the year.
• From Professional Standards and Review Bodies through quinquennial reaccreditation visits.

Annual evaluation of the programme is the responsibility of the School Board.  The Course Committee prepares an annual evaluation report comprising reporting and evaluation, informed by feedback from staff, students and external examiners and by statistical data.

Validation of Courses, Modules and Changes

Course validation takes place under the University's Quality Assurance Procedures for Taught Programmes. Amendments to programme and module documents are validated by the School Accreditation and Validation Panel.

Teaching and Learning

The School Teaching and Learning Committee is tasked with implementing the University's teaching and learning strategy and with fostering innovation in teaching and learning and the dissemination of good practice.

Staff Development Priorities Include

• Staff Annual Appraisal and institutional staff development courses
• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
• Updating professional developments
• Regular course meetings and annual review and planning for subsequent academic year
• Engagement in subject specific research conferences, including pedagogical research.

• A maximum of 30 credits in a Bachelor’s or Integrated Master's degree can be condoned (termed Compensation by the Engineering Council). If a module is available for Condonement, an opportunity will be given to undertake the appropriate referral assessment/s – if however the respective module is not subsequently assessed as an overall pass, then the condoned pass credits will be awarded, with no further module condonement available in subsequent levels of the course.

The following are used as indicators:

• Reports of validation panels
• Annual course reviews
• Annual evaluation report
• External examiners’ reports
• Qualifications and experience of staff
• Report on University Review

Professional body reviews:

• The BSc Computer Science with Games Programming was last accredited (as the BSc Computer Games Programming) by the BCS in January 2017.